The Day of Religious Pluralism is a celebration of the diversity that strengthens our communities. We recognize that many communities derive their values and their desires for uplifting all of humanity from faith traditions, spiritual practices, and other moral teachings. We believe in marking a day each year to recognize the critical contributions that these communities are making to build bridges of mutual understanding and robust partnership in the cities in which they live, work, and worship.

The Day of Religious Pluralism was first conceived by a group of leaders committed to upholding the shared ideals and virtues that guide and strengthen societies around the globe. These shared values reflect compassion, service, cooperation, and help strengthen religious and social identities, enabling us to be positive contributors to society. Religious pluralism encourages dialogue to alleviate fear, hostility, and divisiveness arising from ignorance. This group working across religion, civil society, government, and philanthropy, collaborated to articulate the values underpinning religious pluralism and develop a methodology for bringing this work to cities. The group continues to serve as the oversight committee for this effort.

The first city to join the movement to celebrate the Day of Religious Pluralism was Los Angeles in 2015. Atlanta joined with its own unique expression of this work in 2019. We are working to enable cities across the United States and across the world to join us in using the Day of Religious Pluralism to foster and deepen their own efforts to make cities more inclusive and inviting for all who call those places home.

​We seek to make the Day of Religious Pluralism a national and global celebration of that lifts up the work done by communities to weave an inclusive social fabric in our multifaith world; we encourage all communities to join us in celebrating this critical pillar by designing their own Day of Pluralism.​This website will help you learn about the history behind the Day of Religious Pluralism, highlight local expression of that work in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and other cities, and will serve as a resource guide for planning a celebration in your hometown.